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Re: [PLUG] proprietary software in an open source world
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On Thursday 12 September 2002 02:01 pm, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 09:04:02PM -0400, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > So my question is whether such closed proprietary software can ever
> > work in an open source enviornment?
>
> Hrm. I've got software from Oracle, SAS, Macromedia (ColdFusion),
> SyncSort, and some time soon will have from Group1 all running just
> fine on a variety of RedHat versions (and, far more importantly,
> different kernels). Those are all proprietary, and they work just
> fine.
I had similar good experiences with StarOffice 5.2, but I think some
windows developers like timematters and Corel have made half hearted
incursions into Linux porting. I think it is a mindset that some
developers have and some don't.
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